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Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 01:59:39 -0700
From: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject: Re: launch windows program from shell according to its extension
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Peter Mutsaers wrote:

> Is this possible, for example via a utility program kind of "launch file.doc"?

Ensure that you have the cygutils package, then "cygstart file.doc".

Brian

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